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Canon EF 24 f/2.8 IS & EF 28 f/2.8 IS Available for Preorder

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Canon Rumors:
Share June 17, 2012?
According to B&H, for the moment Canon is holding to the arrival of June 17, 2012 for the new Canon EF 24 f/2.8 IS & EF 28 f/2.8 IS lenses. They are both now available for preorder. Canon EF 24 f/2.8 IS at B&H for $849.95 Canon EF 28 f/2.8 IS at B&H for $799.95 I played around with the 24 f/2.8 IS for a bit and liked it at first glance, I haven’t touched the 28 f/2.8 IS as of yet. cr

facedodge:
The 28mm seems like an odd length to me. I guess that's half way to a 35... would adding IS to a 35 make more sense if it was all about video?

dswatson83:
I can't imagine them getting too many preorders. This is a ton of money to pay for a lens with a f/2.8 aperture that is a non L lens. The 17-55 is not much more expensive than 1 of these. Plus Sigma & Tamron both have f/2.8 zoom options at a fraction of the cost. Or there are some great options for 24-70mm lenses for hardly any more including the new Tamron 24-70 f/2.8 VC. You can get a 24-105 IS for the same price as only 1 of these lenses and it's only 1 stop slower, but it is L glass, has a tremendous zoom range, and is weather resistant. I'm really not sure the advantage to these lenses. If they were f/1.8 or faster, they would have an advantage over the zooms. If you are using these for video, the sharpness/resolution from Canon's video on any camera (even the 5DIII) is low enough that you will not see the difference between these primes and the Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 IS, even if they are tack sharp at f/2.8. Wtf Canon? Putting IS on these lenses and leaving it out of the 24-70? Who is running the lens dept. The 5DIII was a direct response to everything we disliked with the 5DII. These lenses and the new 24-70 make no sense to most Canon customers.

DanielG.:

--- Quote from: facedodge on May 29, 2012, 03:47:07 PM ---The 28mm seems like an odd length to me.

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A 28mm is great on a crop camera IMO. A bit wider than a 50mm on a FF.

dswatson83:

--- Quote from: DanielG. on May 29, 2012, 04:09:24 PM ---
--- Quote from: facedodge on May 29, 2012, 03:47:07 PM ---The 28mm seems like an odd length to me.

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A 28mm is great on a crop camera IMO. A bit wider than a 50mm on a FF.

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Just get a Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 IS or the way cheaper sigma and tamron version and all your problems of figuring out the correct focal length are solved. Still not sure why you would buy either of these lenses.

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